Global Education Center 22 Normal Avenue, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 Spring 2003
Global news is published each semester by the Global Education Center of Montclair State University. To reach the editor email simonW@mail.montclair.edu or call 973-655-4185. To reach the director of the Global Education Center at 973-655-7566 or email cunninghamM@mail.montclair.edu
Table of Contents
 

                            FEATURE ARTICLES

 

    MSU/Ukraine Partnership Highlighted by     

          U.S. State Department Publication

     

     MSU Starts New Linkage with Moscow 

                         Conservatory

 

 President Cole Leads Delegation to Vietnam

                            And Thailand

               

                NAFSA releases Report on     

Internationalization on Campus with Profile 

                               Of MSU

 

                   Art Exchange with Korea:

              Exhibition of Korea Art at MSU;

               MSU Faculty Exhibit in Korea

 

                Russian Librarians Visit MSU

 

 Urban Environment Conference in Shanghai

    Postponed Due to SARS Health Advisory  

 

   

           Second Annual International Travel

    Photography Competition And Exhibition

                       

                        REGULAR COLUMNS

 

             Spring 2003 Tea and Talk Events

 

 

         Other International Events on Campus

               

 

                      MSU Faculty Abroad

 

 

      Fall 2002 Global Education Center Grants

 

 

 

  New Summer Institute: Montclair in Shanghai

       Cancelled Due to SARS Health Advisory

 

 

         Visiting International Scholars At MSU

 

 

 

 

                 

Pictured: Kirovograd State Pedagogical University professor Natasha Koltko with
8th grade students at School No. 5 in Kirovograd

MSU PARTNERSHIP WITH KIROVOGRAD STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY IN UKRAINE PRODUCES SIGNIFICANT RESULTS AND IS HIGHLIGHTED IN U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT PUBLICATION  

By Marina Cunningham, Director, Global Education Center

In a special publication,  “Twenty Years of Strengthening Institutions and Bridging  Cultures,” the U.S. State Department, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (BECA) highlights 29 out of more than 700 partnership grants that it awarded over the last 20 years.  According to BECA, these projects “demonstrate their enhanced potential to contribute to global progress through understanding based on international academic cooperation” (p.3).  The MSU/KSPU partnership program is one of the programs that was highlighted. 

When the three year partnership project between Montclair State University and Kirovograd State Pedagogical University ended , in December 2002, eight new courses in critical thinking and a course in research design were adapted into KSPU’s Department of English; a Philosophy for Children affiliate was established in Ukraine and the program was implemented into three schools and a nursery school, involving nine teachers and over 200 students; over 100 works dealing with issues of critical thinking and democratic reform have been published by KSPU faculty and graduate students.  Since the grant began, nine doctoral dissertation topics at KSPU dealt with issues of democratic pedagogy and critical thinking; three seminars and an international conference on democracy and education were held; an entire issue of Ukrainian scholarly journals in pedagogy, Naukovi Sapiski (Scholarly Notes) and Ridna Shkola (Native School) were devoted to the project; proceedings of the MSU/KSPU sponsored conference, “Democracy and Education,” were published.  A major result was the establishment of the Center for Innovative Pedagogy, which will serve to train teachers in democratic pedagogy and sustain the project.  These may be the most significant, but, by far, not all the multi-layered results of the partnership that involved 40 KSPU and 23 MSU faculty members in a series of exchanges and collaborations. Over 1500 KSPU students have participated in the program. Most importantly, the program provided Americans the opportunity to work side by side with Ukrainian counterparts to achieve mutual goals, and ultimately to develop lasting friendships. This last aspect was probably the most personally gratifying experience of the grant.

We now have applied for a new three year grant (Nancy Tumposky and Marina Cunningham as grant directors).  If awarded, the program would involve MSU in the training and dissemination of democratic pedagogy throughout the Kirovograd Region and the rest of Ukraine.

 

MSU Starts Linkage in Russia :
Moscow Conservatory of Music to Open its Doors to MSU Music Students

Next spring, several lucky music students will get the opportunity of a lifetime to study at the renowned Moscow Conservatory in Russia. Montclair State expects to sign an agreement with the Conservatory that would allow students to spend up to a year studying at one of the best music schools in the world. 

"We will be the first university in the United States to have this type of exchange program with the Moscow Conservatory," said Marina Cunningham, director of the Global Education Center. "It is a truly amazing opportunity for our music students."

Cunningham, several Music Department faculty and Geoffrey Newman, dean of the School of the Arts, spent a week in Russia in March to discuss the possibility of future student and faculty exchange programs. The visit came 10 months after members of the Montclair State Band performed at the Conservatory to rave reviews. 

"Irina [Koulikova, a professor and dean at the Conservatory] was so impressed with our students that she invited us to come back with faculty to talk about exchange possibilities," Cunningham said. 

During the visit, David Witten, Mark Pakman and Jeffrey Gall of Music performed at the home of the late Sviatoslav Richter, one of Russia's most famous 20th-century pianists. After his death in 1997, his home was turned into a venue for selected concerts and performances. 

The two-hour concert, arranged by the Conservatory, showcased Pakman, Witten and Koulikova performing a piano piece for six hands. The trio gave a similar performance on campus when Koulikova was here in February.

Another highlight of the evening was a performance by Gall of Handel's cantata "Lungi da me, pensier tiranno;" a scene from Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka's opera "Ruslan and Ludmila;" and various art songs including Glinka's rapid-fire tongue twister, "Traveling Song."

"The audience was very impressed," Cunningham said of the performance. "They were particularly amazed not only at Jeffrey's voice, but that he sang a difficult song in perfect Russian."

Gall shocked even himself. "I couldn't believe I got all the words out," he admitted. The first countertenor to sing at the Metropolitan Opera in 1988, Gall said singing in front of 100 people at the Richter house was a unique experience. "I was very nervous. It was not like being in a big concert hall. It was face-to-face; close enough to see the audience's reactions.

"It was a great privilege," he added, "to perform at such a significantly historic place."

Although Gall studied Russian at both Princeton University and the Yale School of Music, he received additional coaching for the performance from Pakman who "knew the repertory backward and forward." Pakman, who had accompanied the Montclair State Band to Russia last year, said he hopes the possibility of study at the Moscow Conservatory will attract even stronger music students to Montclair State. Pakman can speak first hand about the experience since he studied at the Moscow Conservatory as well as its specialized high school for music. "It will be a chance for our students to study at a high-level conservatory and be introduced to another culture," he said. "The Moscow Conservatory is international. It attracts students from all over the world." 

During the visit, Montclair State faculty gave master classes and learned more about the Conservatory faculty. "Music in Russia is brilliant, powerful and exciting," Gall said. "There is an enormous amount our students could learn."

Irina Koulikova of the Moscow Conservatory joins music faculty David Witten, Mark Pakman and Jeffrey Gall at the Sviatoslav Richter Home, where the group gave a two-hour concert. 

Irina Koulikova of the Moscow Conservatory joins music faculty David Witten, Mark Pakman and Jeffrey Gall at the Sviatoslav Richter Home, where the group gave a two-hour concert. (Photo by Sveltana Kovalyova.)

Reprinted with permission from INSIGHT Online, the employee publication of Montclair State University

President Cole Leads Delegation to Vietnam and Thailand


President Susan A. Cole led a delegation of administrators, faculty and students to Vietnam and Thailand January 1 -11, including Richard Gigliotti (Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences), Kenneth Olenik, (History Department), Marina Cunningham (Global Education Center) and students Inbal Kahanov (Managing Editor of the Montclairian) and Chris Fitzpatrick (President, Student Government Association). The trip was organized around the international conference "Strategies for Sustainable Globalization Business Responses to Regional Demands & Global Opportunities" sponsored by MSU and The Asia Institute of Technology held January 8-11, 2003 at the Hotel Plaza Athenee in Bangkok.  President Cole delivered the keynote address at the conference (available at http://blake.montclair.edu/~cibconf/conference/DATA/Theme10/cole_speech.pdf), and ten Montclair State University faculty presented papers. The conference was attended by Thai government and industry officials, diplomats and over 300 scholars from around the world.  Further information on the conference can be found at http://sbus-dev.montclair.edu/cib/bangkok/.

The delegation met with faculty and administrators in Thailand at Mahidol University, the Asian Institute of Technology and Silpakorn University, and at the University of Social Science and Humanities in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to explore possibilities of collaboration and exchanges. The delegation also met with U.S. Embassy Cultural Affairs officers in both Vietnam and Thailand to discuss their outlook on local education and the significance of U.S. partnerships in education.

 

NEW NAFSA REPORT HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE, IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS
Sixteen institutions profiled for outstanding campus internationalization

NAFSA, The Association of International Education, the world's largest non-profit association dedicated to international education, released a report April 16 that takes a timely, in-depth look at efforts by U.S. colleges and universities to integrate global approaches to teaching into campus learning. The report, entitled "Internationalizing the Campus", profiles the international education initiatives of sixteen institutions, and their impact on students, schools and communities nationwide. The featured institutions are profiled in six in-depth campus profiles and ten program spotlights, and were selected by a distinguished advisory committee of international educators who examined 117 institutions nominated for consideration.

The following institutions are profiled at length: Community College of Philadelphia, Dickinson College, Eastern Mennonite University, Indiana University, San Diego State University and Yale University. 

Montclair State University is proud to have been selected as an "Exemplary Program" and is highlighted along with Duke University, Kalamazoo College, Kapio'olani Community College/University of Hawaii, Middlebury College, Randolph Macon Woman's College, St. Olaf College, Tufts University, University of Pittsburgh and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Montclair is featured for presidential and faculty involvement in internationalizing the campus as a whole.

Copies of the report may be purchased through NAFSA, and the complete text of the report can be found at http://www.nafsa.org/content/whatsnew/PressReleases/intlcampus41103.htm

 

MSU POSTPONES 

CO-SPONSORED INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN CHINA

Original Dates: June 3-6, 2003

New Dates: May 25-28, 2004

Urban Dimensions of Environmental Change:

Science, Exposures, Policies, and Technologies

Shanghai, China

Given the uncertainty regarding the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) outbreak and after much consideration, the Organizational Committee of the Urban Dimensions of Environmental Change conference has decided that it would be best to postpone the meeting until next year. With the World Health Organization and US Center for Disease Control advisories against travel to China at this time, we felt that it was prudent to take this step at this time.

The supporting institutions remain committed to the event and are already in the process of defining a potentially even more successful meeting next year.  

Originally scheduled for June 3-6, 2003, the rescheduled dates for the meeting are now the May 25-28 May, 2004. The conference is co-sponsored by Montclair State University and East China Normal University. The conference will examine causes, impacts, and responses to environmental change in the world’s major cities and urban areas. Focusing on both the science and the management of urban environmental change, participants will discuss public policy as well as technology, impact adaptation and remediation. The conference will feature a workshop, an open meeting and several related field trips, all with numerous internationally known scholars participating.  As representatives of the next generation of urban environmental study scholars, up to 15 advanced graduate students from U.S. universities will be invited to participate at the conference. 

East China Normal University in Shanghai and Montclair State University in New Jersey will serve as the host institutions for the conference. For detailed information please visit the conference's website at: www.montclair.edu/globaled/shanghai

More details for the conference will be provided as they become available. Contact UDEC@mail.montclair.edu with any immediate questions or concerns.

 
ART EXCHANGE WITH KOREA

MSU hosted an exhibit of contemporary Korean art February 28 - April 5 entitled "Pleasant Tasting Kim Chi".  The art work, all by faculty members of Wonkwang University, rangds from traditional calligraphy and Korean-style painting to computer graphics, with contemporary sculpture in ceramics, textiles, metalwork and jewelry and industrial design. The exhibit at MSU is part of an on-going exchange between the two universities, and includes an exhibit in Korea of artwork by MSU faculty to be held in early June 2003. 

President Susan A. Cole wrote about the exhibit in the catalog "The exhibit illustrates the diverse cultural patterns that shaped Korean art, especially in the Il-san region where Wonkwang University is located. The region, considered to be a major art and scholastic center since the time of Confucius, was influenced by Ma-Han, Baek-Je, Chinese and Japanese cultures and has produces many famous artists. This exhibition demonstrates that the Wonkwang University artists have continued this rich tradition. Montclair State University takes pleasure in supporting this international collaboration."

 
NEW VISITING INTERNATIONAL PROFESSOR PROGRAM BRINGS  DISTINGUISHED SCHOLARS TO MSU
This program provides for international scholars to teach in their disciplines for a full semester, give presentations to faculty, participate in professional conferences and to collaborate with our faculty.

The Spring 2003 semester brings two new international scholars to MSU: 

Professor from India hopes to help his country's aging population

Jacob Kattakayam, Montclair State's Distinguished Foreign Scholar this semester, enjoys working with American students because he says they are more serious about their education than students in India. The cornerstone of that commitment, he says, is tuition.

"Education in India is free so students take it for granted," said Kattakayam. "They're also afraid of their teachers so they don't ask questions. There is too much politics among students in Kerala because they are more desperate about their future. In the United States there is a sense of responsibility. Students are engaged, interactive and more involved."

Kattakayam, a member of the faculty at the University of Kerala, also is impressed by how the faculty here teaches students about eastern society and globalization. "There can be no more compartmentalization, especially in light of the homogenization of societies around the world," he said. "To have global unification we must know about other societies, and the faculty at Montclair State gives its students something to think about in terms of other cultures."

These are not casual observations based on a semester at Montclair State. Kattakayam, whose research is in sociology and gerontology, has served as visiting professor at Morgan State and Duke universities, and in 16 years has visited several other universities in North and South America, Canada, Europe, Australia, Africa and Asia.

"It is a great honor for our department along with the Sociology Department to host Dr. Kattakayam," said Richard Franke of Anthropology, who was instrumental in bringing the scholar to Montclair State. "He is one of India's foremost social scientists. Dr. Kattakayam has conducted research on the tribal minority peoples of Kerala and on the sociology of aging in Kerala and India. Both of these topics are of critical significance to Kerala society and they offer important comparative insights for research in other parts of India and internationally."

Kattakayam is teaching a seminar on social problems of India in the Anthropology Department this semester, and he's joined with Mary Holley of Sociology to teach a comparative course on aging in India and the United States. "Professor Kattakayam and I have integrated a comparative perspective to provide students with a better understanding of aging in a global context," said Holley.

In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Kattakayam visits an assisted living home and a shared housing facility for older adults in Montclair with Holley, discussing issues and observing the status of the elderly in American society. 

But this research has personal as well as professional implications for Kattakayam. He began looking at gerontology in India because his country is facing an increasing mortality rate and estimates that within 20 years India will surpass China's population. The crisis, according to Kattakayam, is that although India accounts for 17 percent of the world's population, it retains only two percent of its wealth.

"We never before thought aging in India would be an issue," explained Kattakayam. "The 90-plus age category will be three times more than that in China. We need to find some way to engage them in society because in Kerala the age of retirement is between 55 and 58, which means our senior citizens are staying on for another 40 years without earning income. We need to utilize their experience."

According to Kattakayam, who lives with both his own and his wife's parents, the elderly in India have a critical role in society and 99 percent of them live at home. Families there give care to their elderly relatives, but the cost of medicine is increasing due to multinational pharmacies and companies. "There is no social security and we are all wage earners so we can't properly care for our elderly. This is an acute problem," he said.

"I hope Dr. Kattakayam will be able to use his experiences here to generate new ideas for teaching strategies in Kerala," said Franke. "He is working hard on this issue with University of Kerala Vice Chancellor B. Ekbal, who visited our Anthropology Department in 2001. Both Ekbal and Kattakayam are dedicated teachers, eager to implement changes in the curriculum and in teaching practices that will make the University of Kerala a more effective institution of learning."

According to Franke, an ad hoc faculty group including members of Sociology and Anthropology has put together an application for a Fulbright Educational Partnership grant that would finance 10 one-month visits by MSU faculty and 10 by faculty from the University of Kerala over the next two years. This grant application has been made jointly with the Global Education Center.

"We are hoping to offer certain research and teaching skills to Kerala University faculty and students, and to benefit Montclair State by learning more about their research on their successful multicultural society that has been hailed as a third world model by many observers," said Franke. "Dr. Kattakayam has spent a great deal of time interacting with our students and faculty and has made himself a most welcome visitor by his enthusiasm, his knowledge and his dedication to his field of learning."


Reprinted with permission from INSIGHT Online, the employee publication of Montclair State University

 

 

MSU also welcomed Gabriela Lojova, a Fulbright Scholar from Comenius University in Bratisalava, Slovakia. Dr. Lojova is teaching two courses in the Linguistics Department.
 

Slovakian professor works on new model of teaching language techniques

Visiting Fulbright scholar Gabriela Lojová's golden rule is that teachers have to adapt to the learner.

"Everything achieved in the classroom eventually depends on what goes on in the learner's mind," said Lojová, a faculty member of the English Language and Literature Department at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. "The teacher has to first learn the learner's mind. Only then can teaching be effective."

An English language teacher trainer, Lojová teaches linguistic grammar, specializing in second language acquisition and the psychology of language learning and teaching. She is at Montclair State this semester as a visiting scholar teaching "Methodology of Teaching English as a Second Language" through the Linguistics Department.

Her stay is longer than her visit three years ago when she was here for three weeks, observing classes, talking with faculty and students and lecturing on language teaching in Europe. In addition to teaching this semester, Lojová presented a lecture and has made herself available to students outside the classroom. "Her visit is part of a true exchange," explained Eileen Fitzpatrick of Linguistics. "While she is here, Dr. Mary Call from our department is teaching at Comenius. We're looking forward to hearing her experiences soon."

Teaching in the United States, Lojová said, is a challenging experience. "The opportunity to teach in a different educational environment and to work with other colleagues has enabled me to learn more about different mentality, teaching approaches and practices, intercultural differences and teaching materials from the United States," said Lojová.

She's learned something about American students as well. "My students back home are a homogeneous group, but students at Montclair State are diverse in every possible way: age, natives and non-natives, teachers and non-teachers, teachers who will stay and teachers from other countries who will go back," she said. "Students here are hardworking, they are prepared, they read the material and they respond in the classroom. They discuss. They question. I know of several Fulbright scholars who don't teach. But I wanted to teach because I love the students. I love that social contact, interaction and motivation."

Lojová spends a lot of time in Sprague Library searching for data that will support her theories in developing a new model of teaching language techniques. She intends to prepare a set of activities for teachers to give their students. 

"Years ago teaching focused on teachers," Lojová explained. "Learners brought up in the older more traditional language techniques are full of grammar rules, but when it comes to speaking they can't communicate. The approach I take in teacher training is communicative learning. However, the traditional method of teaching English as a second language is still dominant. To solve this problem it's necessary to find a new model. The one I'm working on is based on a different process with fewer rules but more practice of those rules, making response automatic."

After observing several traditional theories of learning language, Lojová has found that the method of learning a second language often boils down to motivation and environment. "An immigrant learning English in the United States needs it to survive," she said. "In my country English is a foreign language so learning it is not a matter of survival."

But the needs and motivation of Slovakians to learn English shifted after the Soviet Union crumbled. "Before 1989 it was mandated that students learn Russian," she explained. "After that, students were free to choose, and no one chose Russian. There was a rapidly growing demand for English because they were motivated by the ability to travel and communicate through the Internet, but primarily to find good jobs, and part of that was to speak English."

When Lojová returns to Slovakia in May she will begin to analyze the information she's gathered here. She hopes to return to Montclair State in the future to continue her research. 

"Dr. Lojová is an excellent student of other cultures, going everywhere she can and absorbing as much as she can," said Fitzpatrick. "She attends department and college meetings and has interesting observations on the amazing number of similarities between academic life here and in Slovakia. I am looking forward to a continuing exchange of ideas and resources after she returns to Comenius." 

 

Reprinted with permission from INSIGHT Online, the employee publication of Montclair State University
 

MSU Hosts Delegation of Russian Librarians

Russians see how technology is used in American libraries

Pictured with Judith Lin Hunt, dean of Library Services (second from left) are the visiting librarians from Russia (from left) Marina Skryagina, Viktoriya Grichina, Yelena Proskuryakova, Anna Romm, Olga Kovalchuk and translator Helen Gellis. 

The frigid weather may have reminded them of home, but little else seemed familiar to five librarians from Russia who recently visited Montclair State as part of the Library of Congress Open World Program.The program is designed to bring Russian leaders to communities across the United States and expose them to American democracy and free enterprise in action. During intensive, short-term visits, participants learn about the responsibilities of, and interrelationships among the three branches of government and how American private and nonprofit sectors help meet social and civic needs.

During this visit, Olga Kovalchuk, Yelena Prosksuryakova, Anna Romm, Marina Skryagina and coordinator Viktoriya Grichina spent a full day on campus where they were treated to a presentation on North American librarianship and academic librarianship by Judith Hunt, dean of Library Services; demonstrations of online resources by associate deans, lunch at the Red Hawk Diner with librarians and administrators; visits to each library department to talk about services and resources, as well as additional presentations by Peter Campbell of Information Technology. Marina Cunningham, director of the Global Education Center who was instrumental in coordinating the visit, said Montclair State's participation in this program is significant particularly since the University recently was selected by NAFSA: Association of International Educators as one of the 16 best universities for internationalization. "That really put us on the map," she said. "Being selected to participate in this program by such a prestigious organization as the Library of Congress reinforces our internationalization efforts."

For these librarians who come from small towns where the systems are not as technologically advanced, viewing facilities in the United States is an invaluable education. "This is an opportunity for them to learn about a mid-sized library," said Cunningham. "In addition, they can see how the community works with libraries, in the town and in the schools."

Hunt believes the Russians will take home more than just information about library services. "What they're going to bring back is a personal sense about Americans from what they've experienced on a one-to-one basis," she said. "One of the things I hope comes through is our willingness to share and a sense that we're very open and giving."

Several faculty members and a resident of Montclair opened their homes to the librarians, providing them with a glimpse into the American way of life. Richard Gigliotti, dean of the College of Humanities and Social Services, Cunningham, Margaret Mukherjee of Human Ecology, Nancy Tumposky of Curriculum and Teaching, and writer/editor Ellen Kolba played hosts to the visitors during their four-day stay. "It's much more of an American encounter to stay in host homes," said Cunningham. "A lot of things we take for granted that we do every day is a new experience for them."

Although the program is designed to educate the Russian visitors, Montclair State will benefit as well. "Sometimes as Americans we have this idea that ours is the biggest and the best, when often there's a great deal to learn from visitors, even though they have fewer resources," Hunt said. 

After spending time with the women, who toured the library with an interpreter, Hunt was surprised at how much they knew about modern day library technology. "While they may not have the technology or the resources available to them, they are aware of their potential," she said. 

Hunt also found that despite their many differences, they were able to relate to each other on one subject. "They were very interested in talking about working with budgets."  Following the tour, the librarians admitted they were struck most by the sense of community on campus. "What impressed me is the close relationship between the library and the faculty and how it helps make the library the center of the University," Kovalchuk said. 

 "We're dreaming about better connections," added Skryagina. "American educational institutions work together to share information and resources to improve the academic process." In addition to their educational experience at Montclair State, the librarians also enjoyed some local culture, including dinner and a concert at Trumpets Jazz Club in Montclair and a visit to New York City where they were looking forward to enjoying pizza and seeing the Empire State Building. 

Reprinted with permission from INSIGHT Online, the employee publication of Montclair State University

 
SHORT-TERM INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARS AT MSU 

MSU is pleased to welcome a large number of short-term International visiting scholars for Spring 2003 from around the world.

Bangladesh
Manzoor Elahee, IAPC, December 15- March 15

 

China
Xu Xin, from Nanjing University, February 15-20
Xiubine He, Earth & Environmental Studies, April 15- August 15
Xingqing Li, from Chinese Academy of Sciences, Earth & Environmental Studies, April 1 – July 31

 

France

Alain Robbes Guillet, writer, February 26
Isabelle Gruca, from University of Nice, French, March 17-24

 

Hungary

Levante Sipos and Eniko Siposne Mester, Art & Design, September - May

 

India
John Jacob Kattakayam, from University of Kerala, Anthropology & Sociology, January-May (see related article)

 

Italy
Manuela Sparta, from University of Siena, Spanish/Italian, January-May
Giovanni Greci, from Comune di Parma Public Library, Art & Design, April 15-20

 

Mexico

Raul Rodriguez, UNIVA, April 27-May 4

Padre Guillermo Alonso, UNIVA, April 27 - May 4

 

Russia
Irina Koulikova, from Moscow Conservatory, Music, February 7-11
Nina Yulina, from Institute of Philosophy RAS, Educational Foundations, April 4-24
 

Slovakia
Gabriela Lojova, from Comenius University, Linguistics, January – May (Fulbright) (See related article)
Lubomir Lipovsky, from Comenius University, Computer Law, March 24- April 4

 

South Korea
Gi-Hwang Gang, Academic Affairs; Il-Suk Seo, Fine Arts; Hee-Jung Kim Art Gallery; and Sang-Je Nam, Craft & Design Art, all from Wonkwang University, Art & Design, Feb. 24-March 1
Jong-hyun Park, from Gyeongsang National University, IAPC March –December

 

Spain
Beatriz Muros Ruiz from Universidad de Granada, Curriculum & Teaching, January - May
Lydia Falcon, writer, Spanish/Italian, December 28- January 4

 

United Kingdom
George Cunningham, from European Commission to the United Nations, January 30
David Walker, from University of Northumbria, March 12-14

 

 Global Images 2003

SECOND ANNUAL

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY

COMPETITION AND EXHIBITION

The Global Education Center and the MSU Art Galleries organized the second annual competition and exhibition of International Travel Photography by MSU Faculty and Staff. Entitled "Global Images 2003", the exhibit opened with a reception April 3, and continues until May 2 in Gallery One.

Our faculty and staff, as frequent overseas travelers for both personal and professional reasons, are also accomplished photographers and bring a wealth of insight and perspective to their photography throughout their travels. They brought back impressive images of the world’s people, places and events, recorded on film. We received photographs of peoples and places from over 25 countries in every corner of the world.

The panel of judges, Associate Dean Ronald L. Sharps, School of the Arts; Prof. Linda Levinson, Photography & Digital Imaging, Art and Design and Prof. Dorothy Heard, Art Ed. Coordinator/ MA Advisor, Art and Design, selected three prizewinners and four honorable mentions, as well as an additional 39 works that were exhibited.

The Global Education Center and the MSU Art Galleries wish to thank FOS Tours, Finnair, and the Montclair State University Bookstore for their generous contribution in donating the prizes, which included one round trip ticket on Finnair to Helsinki, St. Petersburg or Moscow, a $100 gift certificate for travel services and a just-published edition on the works of  Margaret Bourke White.
 
The first prize went to Ron Hollander (English) for his photograph of China entitled "Waiting for the 11:10".

 

 

 

 

Second prize went to Lise Greene (Office of the President) for her photograph taken in Denmark, entitled "The Pigeon-Eye View from Church Tower.

 

 

 

 

 

Third prize was awarded to Jane T. Peterson (Theatre and Dance) for her photograph of women cooking dumplings in Turkey, entitled  " The Manta Makers". 

 

 

 

 

Four Honorable Mentions were also awarded to Arlene A. Amorison (Library) for "Here’s Looking at You Kid" taken in the USA; to Jacob M. Dillard for "Roman Baths" photographed in England, to John Luttropp (Art and Design) for "Tokyo Station: 9:36 AM" and to David Witten (Music) for "Volgograd Train Station" in Russia.

 

In addition, the exhibit includes photographs by John Amorison, Randall Cain, Jacob Dillard, Marcella Donovan, Elizabeth Emery, Laura Foresta, Joseph Fornarotto, Lise Greene, Robert Hermida, Ron Hollander, John Luttropp, Phyllis Miller, Randy Mugleston, Margaret Reed Mukherjee, James Nash, Carol Nursh, Jane Peterson, Garry Rideout, Juan Rodriguez, Jennifer Steuber, David Witten and John Zieleniewski.

 The exhibition will be held annually, and guidelines for submission can be found at the following website: http://www-dev.montclair.edu/globaled/global_images.htm

 


Spring 2003 Global Education Center Events

The Global Education Center launched a new program to bring in scholars and lecturers to the broader campus community. The new series, entitled "Forum on International Issues" focuses on topics of wide interest and targets classes and individual students. These programs are held in larger lecture halls.  Tea and Talk programs continue to be held in the Global Education Center at 22 Normal Avenue. Spring semester events included the following:

 

Forum on International Issues:                                                                                                                                    

 

Thursday January 30 at 1:00 in Cohen Lounge, Dickson Hall                                                    

European Union Enlargement and the Future of Europe in a Changing World            

George Cunningham, the Head of Press and Public Affairs of the European Commission

Thursday February 20 3:30 in Cohen Lounge, Dickson Hall

Reform in 21st. C. China: Idea and Reality
Xu Xin, Nanjing University, China
 

Thursday March 20 at 10:00 in Cohen Lounge, Dickson Hall

NATO in the 21st Century: Risks and Challenges

Royal Marine Lieutenant Colonel John Leigh, Staff Officer Special Operations at Headquarters SACLANT in Norfolk, Virginia.Lieutenant Commander Moreatha Yvette Flaggs, NATO Seminar and Symposia Coordinator, reporting to Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT).

 

 

Tea and Talk

 

Thursday March 27 at 3:30 in the Global Education Center

International Computer Criminality, Computer Piracy And Multimedia Piracy

Lubomir Lipovsky, Comenius University, Slovakia

 

Tuesday April 1 at 3:30 in the Global Education Center

Aging In India In A Comparative Perspective

John Jacob Kattakayam , University of Kerala, India

 

Tuesday April 10 at 3:30 in the Global Education Center

Democracy and Philosophy in Russia

Nina Yulina, Institute of Philosophy, Moscow

 

Tuesday April 15 at 3:30 in the Global Education Center

Drawing Children into the Library: The Children’s Library of Parma Italy

Giovanni Greci, Comune di Parma Public Library, Italy

 

Other International Events on Campus:

Monday February 10, 1:00, McEachern Recital Hall

Piano Recital

Russian pianist presents Rachmaninoff recital Pianist Irina Koulikova of the Moscow State Conservatory presented a recital of Rachmaninoff music on Monday, Feb. 10, at 1 p.m. in McEachern Recital Hall. She was joined by David Witten and Mark Pakman of Music in a performance of Rachmaninoff's piano music for four hands and the rarely heard piano pieces for six hands. The free concert was co-sponsored by the Music Department and Global Education.

 

Thursday March 20 at 2:20 in SC 411

Contesting Women's Bodies:

Islamic Fundamentalism, the Miss World Contest, Terrorism and the State in Nigeria

Anene Ejikeme, Barnard College, Pan-African Studies program

Co-Sponsored by the Global Education Center and Women’s Studies

 

Friday March 29

Russia Benefit Concert

Students from MSU’s Music Department who traveled in May 2002 on the Russia Band Tour presented a benefit concert to bring Russian musicians to perform at MSU in December 2003.

 

Tuesday, April 1, 1:00 - 2:30 pm Dickson Hall, Cohen Lounge (rm. 178)

Unveiling the Visible: Lives and Works of Women Artists of Pakistan

Salima Hashmi. Ms. Hashmi is a painter and a scholar of Pakistani women painters. She taught painting at the National College of Arts in Lahore for more than 30 years. She has authored two books on women painters of Pakistan, most recently "Unveiling the Visible".

 

Tuesday, April 1, 2003 at 8:00 P.M. Brantl Lecture Hall, Dickson Building,

Stones in Venice: Recycled Marble from Constantinople and Classical Athens 

Dr. Michael Vickers, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England

Dr. Vickers looks at specific examples of the reuse of ancient materials--for instance, pieces of the actual Parthenon from Athens--as well as imagery on Venetian monuments that clearly reflects the Parthenon. Sponsored by The Archaeological Institute of America and The Center for Archaeological Studies.

 

Wednesday April 2nd at 10:00 a.m. in Dickson Hall, Brantl Auditorium 

An Afghan Woman

Bina Sharif, is the creator of her one-woman show,  which ran off-Broadway during Dec-Jan of 2001/02, and has since toured all over the USA and Britain to great critical acclaim. Bina performed the show and offered a post-performance discussion which includes information about Bina's more recent work on Iraq. 

 

Thursday April 3 at 4:30 in Gallery One

Global Images 2003: International Travel Photography by MSU Faculty and Staff

Exhibit Opening Reception. Co-sponsored by the Global Education Center and the University Art Galley

 

Tuesday, April 15, 8:15 PM Dickson Hall, Brantl Auditorim 

Vamos a por todas! A play By Lidia Falcón 
Lidia Falcón, the well-known Spanish writer and feminist, provides a satirical scrutiny of the cultural power behind television talk shows. The play will be performed by Spanish majors of MSU. This event, to be held in Spanish, is free and open to the public. 

 

April 14-28, MFA Gallery, Finley South

Reverberation: New Paintings by Eniko Mester

Visiting Scholar Eniko Mester from Hungary exhibits her new work.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Fall 2002 Global Education Center Grants Awarded

The Global Education Center Grants are awarded to full time faculty and staff to develop international expertise in their disciplines through scholarly collaborations, teaching exchanges, participation in international conferences, as well as internationalization of the curriculum. Since the fall of 1990, the Center has provided funds for numerous projects and initiatives.

 

Robert Livingston Aldridge of Music received a grant to bring Barbara Croall of MSU/NJSO in Canada as an international visitor.
 
Catherine Bebout of Art & Design received a grant for international projects utilizing technology and short term travel for a residency at Silpakorn University in Thailand.
 
Joke Bradt of Music received a grant for international projects utilizing technology entitled "International Web Conference Lecture Series in Music Therapy" in various countries.

 

Bettina Brandt of French, German & Russian received a grant to present a paper entitled "Mediator Between Turkish and German: the Role of Arabic in the prose Fiction of Emine Serg: Ozdamar" at an international conference in Egypt.
 
Chandana Chakrabory of Economics and Finance received a grant to present a paper at the MSU-sponsored international conference on global business and economic development in Thailand.
 
Mark J Chopping of Earth & Environmental Studies received a grant to present of a paper entitled "Mapping Community Types in Inner Mongolia Semi-Arid Grasslands using Multi-Angular Data from EOS MISR" at an international conference sponsored by MSU in China.
 
Mary Ann Craig of Music received a grant for short term travel to create a collaboration between Moscow Conservatory and Montclair State, and to attend a Regional Conference of the international Tuba Euphonium Association in Russia.
 
Suresh Desai of Economics & Finance received a grant for short term travel to present a paper entitled "Social Responsibility of Business –A Revisit" at an international conference sponsored by MSU, in Thailand.

 

Ann Marie DiLorenzo of Biology received a grant for short term travel to attend and present a paper at the MSU sponsored conference in Thailand.
 

Huan Feng of Earth & Environmental Studies received a grant for short term travel to present a paper entitled "Environmental Studies in the Yangtze River Estuary" at an MSU-sponsored international conference in China.

 

N.M. Firoz of Marketing received a grant for short term travel to present a paper at an MSU-sponsored international conference in Thailand.
 
Eileen M. Foti of Art & Design received a grant for internationalization utilizing technology and short term travel for a residency at Silpakorn University in Thailand.
 
Richard Franke (with Barbara Chasin), both of Anthropology, received a grant for short term travel for guest lectures and workshops at the University of Kerala in India.
 

Jeffrey Gall of Music received a grant for short term travel to develop links between Moscow Conservatory in Russia and the MSU Department of Music.
 

Nancy Goldring of Art & Design received a grant for an exhibition in Bratislava sponsored by FotoFo for the International Month of Photography, in Slovakia.
 
Susana Juniu of HPPERLS received a grant for internationalization utilizing technology for the MSU Hospitality program through Distance Education, in Mexico.
 
Mark A. Kaelin of HPPERLS received a grant for internationalization utilizing technology entitled "Detectives in the Classroom" in China.
 
David Kennedy of Educational Foundations received a grant for short term travel for the Philosophy for Children program in Ukraine and Bulgaria.
 
Sang-Hoon Kim of Economics received a grant for presentation of a paper entitled "Sensitivity Analysis of Various Tax Incentive Policy Offered by Korean Government to Multinational Firms" at an international conference in China.
 
Megan Laverty of Educational Foundations received a grant for short term travel for the Philosophy for Children program in Ukraine and Bulgaria.
 

Li-Chun Lin of HPPERLS received a grant for internationalization utilizing technology entitled "Web-based Learning in Hospitality Management Education" in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
 

Lawrence Londino of Broadcasting received a grant for international visitors from Peru.
 
Richard A. Lord of Economics and Finance received a grant for short term travel to present a paper entitled "Exchange Rates and Hysteresis in the American Textile & Apparel Industries" at an MSU-sponsored international conference in Thailand.
 

Marta Lopez Luaces of Spanish/Italian received a grant for an on-going conference entitled "XIX Latin American and Spanish Conference" involving visitors from Mexico, Colombia, Cuba, Spain and Peru.
 

George T. Martin of Sociology received a grant for short term travel to present a paper entitled "The Social Ecology of Auto Sprawl" at an MSU-sponsored international conference in China.
 
Aboubaker Seddik Meziani of Economics and Finance received a grant for presentation of a paper entitled "Evaluating Portfolio Diversification Benefits With New Multinational Sector Indexes" in Mexico.
 
Daryl Moore of Art & Design received a grant for internationalization utilizing technology and international visitors for the Montclair/Korean Exchange/GVD in Korea.
 
Sandra Naipaul of HPPERLS received a grant for internationalization utilizing technology project entitled "Web-based Learning in Hospitality Management Education" in Australia. 

 

Duke Ophori of Earth & Environmental Studies received a grant for short-term travel to present a paper entitled "Analyzing Groundwater movement for Environmental Waste Control" at an MSU-sponsored international conference in China.
 
Mark Pakman of Music received a grant for short term travel for negotiations between MSU and Moscow State Conservatory on student and faculty exchange in Russia.
 
Glenville Rawlins of Economics and Finance received a grant for presentation of a paper entitled "The Caribbean and Central America’s Trade Balance: Cointegration and Error Correction Modeling" at an international conference in Finland.
 
Rabia Redouane of French, German & Russian received a grant for presentation of a paper entitled A Voice/A Way to Memory in N’Zid by Malika Mokeddem" at an international conference in Egypt.

 

David Sanders of Broadcasting received a grant for short-term travel for a project entitled "Music & Globalization" in Uruguay.

 

Ann Margaret Sharp of Educational Foundations received a grant for bringing international visitors to MSU from Russia.
 
Harbans Singh of Earth and Environmental Studies received a grant for short-term travel to present a paper entitled "Energy Demand and Environment in an Urbanized World" at an MSU-sponsored international conference in China.
 

Ira Sohn of Economics and Finance received a grant for presentation of a paper at the Thirteen International Trade and Finance Association Conference in Finland.
 
William D. Solecki of Earth & Environmental Studies received a grant for short term travel to present a paper entitled "Modeling Land Use Change in the New York Metropolitan Region Using the SLEUTH Program" at an MSU-sponsored international conference in China.
 
John Wang of Information & Decision Sciences received a grant for short-term travel to present a paper entitled "Data Mining Urban Environmental Management" at an MSU-sponsored international conference in China .
 

Mark Weinstein of Educational Foundations received a grant to organize a roundtable and present a paper at the 21st World Congress of Philosophy in Turkey.
 

David Witten of Music received a grant for short term travel to develop an exchange program with Moscow Conservatory in Russia.
 

Ruben Xing of Information & short term travel to present a paper entitled "Wireless Communication and Urban Development Plan" at an MSU-sponsored international conference in China.

 

Spring 2003 Global Education Grant Competition                                                

                                                                                                                                                                        
 
 

The Spring Competition has been cancelled due to budget restrictions. Please watch the following website for updates on the Fall Competition.

  http://www-dev.montclair.edu/globaled/Grant.html.  

 


Other MSU Faculty
International Travel
Mary Call (Linguistics) is on a Fulbright Fellowship for the Spring 2003 semester in Bratislava, Slovakia, where she is teaching in the Department of English and American Studies. This is her third Fulbright, having previously taught at the University of Ioannina in Greece in 1976-1977 and Universidad del Valle de Atemajac and Universidad Panamericana sede Guadalajara in Mexico in 1995-1996. 
 

Jeffrey Gall (Music) traveled to Switzerland and Austria the end of November 2002 to meet with faculty at Karl-Franzens University and explore possibilities for new exchange programs in Music.

Johnny Lorenz (English) will travel to Brazil in July as a Fulbright Scholar. He is funded by the U.S. Department of State based on his project "Mario Quintana".

 

Carla Petievich (History) visited the University of Kerala, India in December 2002 in connection with new exchange programs in development.

 

David Sanders (Broadcasting) visited Mexico City, Mexico in November 2002 to attend a meeting of the presidents of the National Music Councils of North, Central and South America.

 

Karen Pennington (Vice President for Student Development and Campus Life) was part of a delegation from the United States that visited several universities in South Africa in November during the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) annual conference.

MSU STUDENTS ABROAD

Summer Institutes Add to Opportunities for Study Abroad

NEW FOR 2003

MONTCLAIR IN SHANGHAI

May 25- July 1, 2003

Led by Longxing Wei (Linguistics)
 
This new program was scheduled to include one month in Shanghai plus travel in Xian and Beijing, but has been cancelled due to the SARS health advisory against travel to China. Students take one course in Chinese Culture and Civilization, and then may choose a second course on Chinese Language, Chinese Art History or Chinese Geography and Environmental Issues. Students would also participate in the Urban Development and Environment Conference co-sponsored with East China Normal University June 3- 6 (see related article above). The Global Education Center plans to sponsor this program again in 2004.
 
 
 

Ongoing Programs:

Although the current political climate has affected the size of enrollments, the following programs will be held for the summer of 2003.
 
Montclair in Nice

July 2 - August 6, 2003
Led by Elizabeth Emery (French, German and Russian)
 

Montclair in Siena

July 24- August 26, 2003

Led by Vincenzo Bollettino (Spanish/Italian)

 

Montclair in London

July 19 - August 2, 2003
Led by Susan Kerner (Theatre and Dance)
 
Montclair in Madrid

June 29 - August 3, 2003

Led by Edwin Lamboy (Spanish/Italian)

 

Montclair in Tropical Australia

July 27 - August 14, 2003